Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88032 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 516
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper presents theory and evidence on the determinants of the size of the informal sector. We propose a simple theoretical model in which the informal sector`s size is negatively related to institutional quality and positively related to income inequality. These predictions are then empirically validated using different proxies of the size of the informal sector, income inequality, and institutional quality. The results are shown to be robust with respect to a variety of econometric specifications.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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